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Patients whose nose has been destroyed by a tumor or injury carry a severe psychological and social burden. Esthetic reconstruction ranges among the most challenging tasks in plastic surgery. Helmut Fischer and Wolfgang Gubisch present the different options for nasal reconstruction surgery in the current issue of Deutsches Ã?rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105[43]:741-6).

Dr. David Mabrie, a facial plastic surgeon in San Francisco, is finding that patients are choosing Juv derm over similar hyaluronic acid based "dermal fillers," a shift he believes is due to product advantages and better patient education.